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Employment and average hourly earnings by industry

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Employment and average hourly earnings by industry for all employees, December 2025, seasonally adjusted
Industry Over-the-month-change in employment (in thousands) Average hourly earnings Employment level (in thousands)

Total private

37 37.02 136,115

Mining and logging

-2 40.87 608

Construction

-11 40.37 8,303

Manufacturing

-8 36.07 12,692

Wholesale trade

-2.0 39.34 6,161.1

Retail trade

-25.0 26.05 15,539.4

Transportation and warehousing

-6.6 32.02 6,664.7

Utilities

0.8 54.02 601.1

Information

0 53.61 2,914

Financial activities

7 48.53 9,244

Professional and business services

-9 45.07 22,517

Private education and health services

41 35.91 27,640

Leisure and hospitality

47 23.28 17,167

Other services

5 33.36 6,064